Being born in Ermont in Seine-et-Oise to a wealthy Armenian family in 1899, Anita Karagoshyan was a French explorer and photographer, and the first French female oceanographer. She spent her childhood being educated at home by different tutors and traveling with her family, gradually developing a passion for books and the sea. after moving to Paris, she concentrated on writing poems and the art of bookbinding. Her work got the attention of celebrities and she won different awards and prizes for her creativity in London, Paris, New York, and Brussels. 

In 1927, after her marriage, she started traveling around the world, exploring the seas, documenting and reporting what she saw and experimented with. Spending time on the fishing boats for days and even months on certain occasions gave her a deeper understanding of the problems faced by the fishermen. She published many scientific reports on the negative effects of industrial fishing and the different problems related to fishing practices. 

In 1971 she published L’Ocean, Les Betes et L’Homme, denounce the disaster that men create and its effects on the oceans. She died on 25 December 1997 in Douarnenez.